Lignin utilization: A review of lignin depolymerization from various aspects

C Chio, M Sain, W Qin - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Lignin is the most abundant aromatic polymer in nature. Due to its high amount of phenolic
compounds storage, lignin is considered as an alternative source for various polymers and …

Recognizing the challenges of anaerobic digestion: Critical steps toward improving biogas generation

M Rasapoor, B Young, R Brar, A Sarmah, WQ Zhuang… - Fuel, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the most promising technologies that can break the
complex organic substrate into biogas. However, biogas production from biomass waste and …

Biological valorization strategies for converting lignin into fuels and chemicals

Z Chen, C Wan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Lignin is a complex phenylpropanoid biopolymer conferring mechanical strength to plant
cell walls. Biorefineries, along with pulp and paper industry, generate large quantities of …

Biological pretreatments of biomass for improving biogas production: an overview from lab scale to full-scale

U Brémond, R de Buyer, JP Steyer, N Bernet… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Recent shifts in European countries biogas policies tend to limit the use of energy crops and
encourage the use of manure, lignocellulosic feedstocks and bio-waste. The need to use …

Lignin depolymerization and biotransformation to industrially important chemicals/biofuels

NL Radhika, S Sachdeva, M Kumar - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Lignin is a potential feedstock due to its energy content and its abundant availability from
biomass based biorefinery. Among the different fractions of biomass, lignin has been under …

Review on surface modification of nanocarriers to overcome diffusion limitations: An enzyme immobilization aspect

M Seenuvasan, KS Kumar, A Kumar… - Biochemical engineering …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Immobilized enzymes are widely used in the industries for various biochemical reactions in
order to gain the benefits of higher stability and reusability. Emerging trends of …

Biostimulation accelerates landfill stabilization and resource utilization efficiency, providing feasible technical support for the overall lifecycle management of landfills

M Li, H Jiang, X Mo, R Li, L Liu, W Wu, W Liu, Y **e… - Chemosphere, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Although sanitary landfill is one of the principal municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment and
disposal methods, its limitations, such as insufficient use of resources, long stability time …

Micro-aeration and leachate recirculation for the acceleration of landfill stabilization: Enhanced hydrolytic acidification by facultative bacteria

K Liu, L Lv, W Li, X Wang, M Han, Z Ren, W Gao… - Bioresource …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The long duration of landfill stabilization is one of the challenges faced by municipalities. In
this paper, a combination of micro-aeration and leachate recirculation is used to achieve …

Delignification and enhanced gas release from soil containing lignocellulose by treatment with bacterial lignin degraders

GMM Rashid, MJ Durán‐Peña… - Journal of applied …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of the study was to isolate bacterial lignin‐degrading bacteria from municipal
solid waste (MSW) soil, and to investigate whether they could be used to delignify …

Investigating leachate decontamination and biomethane augmentation through Co-disposal of paper mill sludge with municipal solid waste in simulated anaerobic …

AN Srivastava, S Chakma - Bioresource Technology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The study aims to investigate the feasibility of anaerobic co-landfilling of effluent treatment
plant sludge (ETPS) from paper mill and municipal solid waste (MSW) in prismoidal shaped …